Bismark Amoah Apraku, MD
Internal Medicine · Orangeburg, SCNPI 1396761912
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 135 payments — averaging $19.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC$319
- AstraZeneca$267
- GSK$217
- Johnson & Johnson$202
- Pfizer$195
- Lilly USA, LLC$165
- plus $1K from 30 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,53396%
- Education$954%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC | 13 | $319 |
| AstraZeneca | 18 | $267 |
| GSK | 13 | $217 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 7 | $202 |
| Pfizer | 13 | $195 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 9 | $165 |
| Bayer | 6 | $139 |
| Novo Nordisk | 8 | $119 |
| Corcept Therapeutics | 5 | $105 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 4 | $104 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 1 | $95 |
| Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | 3 | $74 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $62 |
| AbbVie | 3 | $51 |
| Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | 2 | $49 |
| Valeritas, Inc. | 2 | $44 |
| Mylan Specialty L.p. | 3 | $40 |
| Recor Medical Inc | 1 | $34 |
| Gilead | 1 | $32 |
| Abbott | 2 | $30 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 2 | $27 |
| Kyowa Kirin, Inc. | 1 | $25 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 1 | $21 |
| Lifescan, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Seqirus USA Inc | 1 | $17 |
| Novartis | 1 | $16 |
| Amgen | 1 | $16 |
| Viatris Specialty LLC | 1 | $15 |
| Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 1 | $12 |
| Merck | 1 | $12 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- SOLIQUA 100/33$127
How this compares
$2,628 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 154 | $131,537 |
| JanuviaSitagliptin Phosphate | 110 | $109,969 |
| Trelegy ElliptaFluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 118 | $106,751 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 85 | $103,461 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-200Insulin Degludec | 67 | $85,350 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 89 | $64,418 |
| MounjaroTirzepatide | 56 | $64,198 |
| MyrbetriqMirabegron | 82 | $56,751 |
| Breo ElliptaFluticasone/Vilanterol | 98 | $55,027 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 71 | $50,961 |
| TrulicityDulaglutide | 29 | $39,231 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 14 | $30,940 |
| JardianceEmpagliflozin | 35 | $29,181 |
| Tresiba Flextouch U-100Insulin Degludec | 36 | $22,835 |
| SymbicortBudesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 56 | $21,961 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GSKTrelegy Ellipta, Breo Ellipta | $217 | $161,778216 claims |
| PfizerEliquis | $195 | $131,537154 claims |
| Lilly USA, LLCMounjaro, Trulicity, Humalog Mix 75-25 | $165 | $110,082119 claims |
| MerckJanuvia | $12 | $109,969110 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $119 | $103,46185 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Symbicort, Breztri Aerosphere | $267 | $103,367172 claims |
| Boehringer IngelheimJardiance, Spiriva Respimat, Tradjenta, Combivent Respimat | $27 | $75,01697 claims |
| Astellas Pharma US IncMyrbetriq | $95 | $56,75182 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $202 | $50,96171 claims |
| GileadDescovy | $32 | $30,94014 claims |
| AbbVieCreon, Linzess | $51 | $21,05828 claims |
| Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.Zenpep | $18 | $19,65625 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 80th percentile of 1,498 internal medicine providers in South Carolina.
Other internal medicine in Orangeburg
- Rubin PatelOrangeburg$183K
- Rica SantiagoMt Pleasant$10.7M
- Richard MillsMt Pleasant$5.5M
- Yvonne DavisMount Pleasant$2.4M
- David BolsterSummerville$2.3M
- Colby GrossmanSummerville$1.4M
- Amit ShahIndian Land$1.4M
- Philip NicolMurrells Inlet$782K
- Carl SofleyAnderson$673K
- Carl MitchellColumbia$564K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.